Buckle



Jan. 17, 1928. 1,656,751

w. L. MYERS BUCKLE Filed March 18, 1927 V IM'ENTOR.

A TTORNE I 1,656,751 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. MYERS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BUCKLE.

Application filed March 18, 1927. Serial No. 176,353.

This invention relates to buckles or slides, and to the type that are adapted for use on womens; shoes, belts or the like.

It is the purpose of this invention to provide a buckle or slide which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and which will serve both as a buckle and as an ornament upon a belt or strap. It is also an object of this invention to provide a buckle which will permit of ready manipulation and adjustment, which will not be bulky or cumbersome when applied nor uncomfortable to the wearer. It is another object of this invention to provide a buckle which will not puncture or otherwise mutilate or harm the straps to which it is applied.

I accomplish these desired objects by constructing my buckle of a thin, substantially flat member having certain slots and openings therein through which the two ends of the straps are woven to provide the necessary frictional contact whereby the ends are securely held from relative movement.

A more detailed description will now be given in connection with the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a buckle or slide constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the center of the buckle shown in Fig. 1;

Fi 3is a plan view of a slightly modified 5mm of buckle;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the center of the buckle shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is aplan view of still another modified form of buckle constructed in accordance with this invention, and

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through the center of the buckle shown in Fig. 5.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 there is shown a buckle comprising a thin, disc-like member 1, slightly concaved in one plane and having three closed parallel slots 2, 3 and 4 intermediate the periphery thereof, leaving bars therebetween, and a single opened slot 5 which is parallel to the aforementioned slots but extends to one peripheral edge of the disc. The slots are of proper size to permit theinsertion of the strap with which the buckle is to be used. When in use the short end 6 of the strap is threaded through slot 3 and back through slot 4 and is folded upon itself around the bar therebetween and secured thereto, thus securing the buckle or slide to the end of the strap. The free end 7 of the strap is threaded through the end slot 2 across the front of the buckle and is inserted in the open slot 5 whereby it is securely held by reason of the sharp bends resulting in a frictiona] contact with the under and upper surfaces of the buckle and the short end of the strap.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and. 4 the buckle is composed of a disc 1 having two closed parallel slots 3 and 4 therein leaving a bar therebetween and two open ended slots 2 and 5 therein, said latter slots opening upon the opposite sides of the discs, and being formed with a restricted opening at the periphery of the disc as at 8 and 9. These restricted openings tend to retain the strap 7 within the slot to better advantage than in the form shown in Fig. 1. In this modification the short end 6 of the strap is threaded through slots 3 and' i and folded upon itself around the bar therebetween in a manner similar to that described in regard to the modification shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The free end 7 of the strap is threaded through slots 2 and 5 and is thereby frictionally held as explained in regard to the showing in Fig. 1. It is to be noted that in this modification it is not necessary to actually thread the strap through the two end slots 2 and 5, the strap may he slipped into the slots through the restricted openings 8 and 9.

In Figs. 5 and 6 a still further modification is illustrated embodying the same principles of structure previously described. In this instance the buckle comprises a thin, disc member 1 to which is attached a U- shaped bale memberlO and to which the short end 6 of the strap may be secured. A pair of open ended slots 2 and 5* are formed in the disc one upon each side of the bale and substantially parallel thereto, and extending to the periphery thereof and having restricted openings 8 andi) upon opposite sides of the disc. When in use the short end 6 of the strap is threaded through the bale 10 and sewed or otherwise secured to itself. The free end 7 is inserted in the slots 2 and 5 whereby it is frictionally held from sliding movement as previously described.

By the means heretofore described I have provided a simple adjustable buckle which :spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim:

A shoe buckle con'iprising a body plate having a. smoothly curved periphery formed of sheet stock having a pair of inner, spaced substantially rectangular retaining openings through which one end of a shoe strap may he passed and retained, an outer substantially rectangular retaining opening on one side'of the inner openings through which the other end of the shoe strap may he passed, and a locking slot of a width substantially the thickness of the shoe-strap on the other side of the inner openings having one open end through which the tree end of the shoe strap passing through the outer retaining opening may be inserted for locking, said periphery being shaped to guide the edge of the free end of the shoe strap into the open end of the locking slot.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my signature.

WILLIAM L. MYERS. 

